Tag Archives: Kashmir

BOLLYWOOD: Alia Bhatt has been quite excited about her next release Raazi directed by Meghna Gulzar. The thriller features her in the role of a Kashmiri girl who gets married to a Pakistani officer played by Vicky Kaushal. Though the film is set to release next year in May, Alia ...

WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD/BEIJING: He asked the global community to focus on human rights violations and heinous crimes committed by Indian forces in Indian-held Kashmir. Pakistan and China have rejected objections raised by the USA over the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), saying that the One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative is backed by ...

NEW DELHI: Mixed reports about the success of singer Adnan Sami’s ‘Rhythm in Paradise’ concert in Srinagar on Saturday led to an out-and-out Twitter war between him and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah. The exchange of barbs began when a Twitter user tweeted a picture of the “empty seats” ...

MUMBAI: Singer Adnan Sami, who is half Kashmiri, will perform a musical gala on the banks of the Dal Lake in Srinagar on Saturday to showcase that Kashmir Valley is a vibrant cultural place and should not be linked to just terror violence. The concert is being organised jointly by ...

SRINAGAR: Pahalgam’s Government Civil Hospital, the oldest and only hospital in this picturesque Kashmiri town, was crowded with a Bollywood film crew and over 300 local fans of Alia Bhatt, who had gathered to watch the actress shoot a lengthy sequence for her upcoming film, Raazi. A source told ...

NEW YORK: Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had extended a hand of friendship to Pakistan, but this was not reciprocated by the neighbouring country. She also described Pakistan as “the greatest exporter of havoc, death and inhumanity”. Addressing the 72nd session of ...

NEW YORK: Pakistan refuses to be a “scapegoat” for Afghanistan’s bloodshed or to fight wars for others, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi told the United Nations. Addressing the UN General Assembly, Abbasi did not explicitly criticize US President Donald Trump’s new strategy on Afghanistan but made clear his displeasure with ...

SRINAGAR: An international human rights group urged India to immediately ban the use of shotguns by government forces in suppressing protests against Indian rule in disputed Kashmir, saying pellets fired by the weapons have blinded and killed people indiscriminately. Amnesty International also criticized Indian authorities for failing to support those ...

NEW DELHI: Indian Army’s helicopter on a routine flight today ( Tuesday) crashed in eastern Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, all crew ejected safely. An advanced light helicopter (AHL) crashed at 1:30pm while on a flight to the mountainous region, Indian defence news said. All crew members are safe, ...

The Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, said that Pakistan has done enough in the war on terror and now it is time for the world to do more for combating terrorism. Addressing a ceremony at the General Headquarters to pay a tribute to the martyrs of the ...